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complexhero.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2006-03-28 07:03 pm
You Have To Break It Before You Can Fix It by pinn2480 (PG-13)
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: none
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pinn2480
Author Website: none
Why this must be read: Nick Stokes is the official damsel of CSI. Season after season, the writers of the show rejoice in doing really horrible things to poor Nicky, who reacts with a patented "I'm almost about to cry" look. Following season 5's "Grave Danger" episode, there was a whole slew of Nick-centric fics cataloging his recovery. They're all lovely, but Pinn's fic stands out. Her Nick manages to be both private and empathetic; he keeps his trauma to himself but fears that equally horrible things will happen to his coworkers. It'a a very realistic portrayal, and the ending suggests that it'll be a long time before Nick's truly better. The prose is truly beautiful, and Nick's inner thoughts will break your heart just a bit.
When he goes to a scene where a boy no older than twenty was beaten because he was standing outside a gay club, it's not the victim that Nick sees but Greg, bruised and bleeding. A suicide in Hendersonville, a woman with no family and no one to claim the body is Sara. An old man killed for his social security check and left to rot in a freezer looks so much like Grissom that Nick vomits at the crime scene for the first time in years.
You Have To Break It Before You can Fix It
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
pinn2480Author Website: none
Why this must be read: Nick Stokes is the official damsel of CSI. Season after season, the writers of the show rejoice in doing really horrible things to poor Nicky, who reacts with a patented "I'm almost about to cry" look. Following season 5's "Grave Danger" episode, there was a whole slew of Nick-centric fics cataloging his recovery. They're all lovely, but Pinn's fic stands out. Her Nick manages to be both private and empathetic; he keeps his trauma to himself but fears that equally horrible things will happen to his coworkers. It'a a very realistic portrayal, and the ending suggests that it'll be a long time before Nick's truly better. The prose is truly beautiful, and Nick's inner thoughts will break your heart just a bit.
When he goes to a scene where a boy no older than twenty was beaten because he was standing outside a gay club, it's not the victim that Nick sees but Greg, bruised and bleeding. A suicide in Hendersonville, a woman with no family and no one to claim the body is Sara. An old man killed for his social security check and left to rot in a freezer looks so much like Grissom that Nick vomits at the crime scene for the first time in years.
You Have To Break It Before You can Fix It
Oh, snap!
You really make me want to read it =D
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